Month: September 2016

September 13, 2016 4:30 a.m. A nurse with the Douglas Education Service District has obtained a grant that will keep Douglas County schools supplied with EpiPens at a huge cost savings. Barb Hofford was stunned when news hit that the list price of EpiPens had jumped by as much 400 percent to about $600 per…

September 13, 2016 4:00 a.m. American hero Alek Skarlatos will sign copies of his new book on Saturday in Roseburg. “The 15:17 to Paris” was written by Skarlatos along with fellow heroes Anthony Sadler and Spencer Stone. It details the events in August of 2015 when the long time friends charged a gunman who…

September 12, 2016 11:00 a.m. A Roseburg man is in jail after chasing another man around Eagle Park on Sunday afternoon. A report from the Roseburg Police says that 58 year old Matthew Mapes was chasing a 69 year old man around the park for a significant amount of time before police were contacted. The…

September 12, 2016 10: 45 a.m. A Roseburg man is behind bars on charges that include drug possession and resisting arrest. Information from the Roseburg Police says that Sunday night around 6:45 p.m. an officer contacted Stevie Bunch standing outside his vehicle near the corner of Oswego and Denver in Roseburg just after he tried…

September 12, 2016 10:00 a.m. Tickets are still available for the candidate forum being presented by the Roseburg Area Chamber of Commerce next Monday. Those running for contested seats on the Roseburg City Council have been invited to speak. That includes Juliete Palenshus and Brian Prawitz that are running for a Ward 3 seat, along…

September 12, 2016 9:30 a.m. Both of Oregon’s U.S. Senators along with 27 of their colleagues have sent a letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan urging him bring the $1.1 billion Zika funding legislation, already passed by the Senate, to a vote on the House floor. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley say that as…

September 12, 2016 9:00 a.m. The Roseburg City Council will cover a varied agenda during its meeting tonight. Councilors will consider selling the Willis House in downtown Roseburg. The building has set vacant for several years. Now Tamra and Michael Smith want to buy the historic building for their primary home, with part of it…